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Resolving "fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'" and a warning about templates On a live boot of Ubuntu 20.04, I was trying to clone into a private GitHub repository. I went through the hassle of installing `git`, and then `gh`, and making sure I was signed in through the terminal. I then tried to clone into the repository, and got this: ```terminal ubuntu@ubuntu:$ gh repo ... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
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A: Participate Everywhere ability without meeting the requirements? Software Development Codidact is currently set to "New Site Mode". When we first launch a community, we've been launching with adjusted settings that make it easier to earn certain Abilities. Screenshot of the site settings: NewSiteMode: true Once the community reaches a point where gaining Abi... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Is it OK to use abusive content on code? "Brainfuck" is the name of a programming language; using the full name of the language is perfectly fine. We don't need to bowlderize proper names. As for your other example - foul language in code samples - I'd say it's discouraged but not explicitly disallowed. If it's present in the original co... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
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A: reaction isn't available The reaction feature doesn't quite exist yet. That post is a suggestion for a future feature. It was positively received, which means we'll give it a try at some point in the future, but building features takes time and resources and the reaction feature hasn't yet been a priority. We'll get to... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
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A: how to mention user in comment? Right now, just type out the username, preceded by an @ sign. There is not currently any auto complete. Good news, though; a total rework of the comment system is in the works right now, including different methods of pinging, threaded comments, and I think autocomplete. I don't have a timeline fo... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
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A: I answered a question that was deleted, then undeleted, and my answer disappeared We rolled out a fairly major update this morning - implementing our new Abilities system. However, it... didn't go as smoothly as planned; the database apparently didn't update properly with new content posted in the past couple of days (when we started the update process). This means that some posts... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Autocompleting usernames in comments does not seem to work Update: With the rollout of threaded comments, autocomplete has now been implemented. :) This feature doesn't currently exist. We're planning on revamping comments entirely at some point in the future (read: whenever we have the dev time and it becomes a priority), including most likely th... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Give actionable feedback when closing questions To expand on my comment somewhat... In a question and answer format, personal questions like "What do you personally think?" don't tell to fare too well. There's not really any way to identify right or wrong answers. It's very hard to vote on the quality of answers, because it's asking for persona... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Strategy to migrate meaningful content from Stack Overflow Note: This is not an official Codidact staff answer; this is my personal opinion. Let's try to build up a bit of an original base before we work on imports. Based on other sites where content was imported - such as Writing or SciSpec - the site does better when you first work on building up... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |